Re: Can Caja be tweaked -- Goal is file management for elderly

[debian-user@howorth.org.uk]

Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
> The underlying problem is Caja gives *ONLY* 2 choices to open a file:
>    1. a fixed default tool.
>    2. a list of _all_ tools used to open that file type.
> 
> Today I wanted to about the simplest possible edit of a PDF.
> Select a single page to be saved as its one file.
> 
> On my system the first option is to open it with Atril. An excellent 
> tool allowing one to read, search, or print the document.
> 
> The second option is effectively a pseudo-random list of all tools
> ever used to open a PDF. [Alphabetizing the list is uninformative.]
> 
> I would like to have three choices:
>    1. view/print
>    2. primary manipulation tool
>    3. selection of special purpose tools.
> 
> Side Question:
> Suggested tool to extract and save a page of a PDF document?

atril?

Open the file, go to the wanted page. Select Print, choose print to
file, choose file name, select current page only option, press print.